Presenting Islam in the weekly paper Glas Koncila: Interreligious Dialogue and Islamic Theological topics

Abstract

UDK:  2-14:316.7

Glas Koncila, a weekly newspaper, is one of the leading religious printed media in Croatia, with a long tradition, a heritage of the written word preserved, primarily by the catholic theologians, church ministers or former church ministers of the Catholic Church in Croatia. Presenting Islam in one of the most influential religious printed media in Croatia may contribute to creating a positive or negative image of Islam and its values, which, in turn, may have an impact on the quality of the dialogue and lives and coexistence of religious communities in both, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Keeping in mind the role of the media in the formation of attitudes and its influence on public opinion, the article presents here a short review of the content of interreligious dialogue between the Catholic Church in Croatia and the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina and also of Islamic theology topics articles published in the Catholic weekly paper Glas Koncila in the period from the year 1991 to the year 2005.